what kind of car do you drive? in the animal kingdom, it's mostly the males that have the decorations to attract the females. females are very selective about who they mate with so males need to display signs of virility and dominance. "often, there is some element of the animal's body which is adapted to be sexually attractive to the opposite sex: the bright plumage and crests of some species of birds, for example. in many species, there are behaviors which appear to be adapted for sexual display. some of these attributes seem to be adapted to demonstrate fitness and health, for example by demonstrating the ability to sustain an "expensive" feature with no other apparent survival function."



this somehow correlates directly into the human male status symbols like money money and money. flashy cars attract attention, flashy jewelry attracts attention, flashy anything attracts attention. it all makes sense. we males need to buy plumage, it's not necessary for survival, it's just flashy and we need that for attraction. so pray then, why do females need to get all decked out and bejeweled? it's probably because males and females both are competing for the "best" of each other. but in the animal kingdom, the females just sit there, bland colored and fertile, picking up whichever male most impresses them. is this a good system? should girls not have to dress up, get uncomfortable in high heels, to compete with others? this might be the answer to everything. this might also lead to some truth behind the laughable idea that girls really do dress up "just for me." but we are not birds now are we? sexual attraction for humans is a two way street.



"variation in the physical appearance of humans is believed by anthropologists to be an important factor in the development of personality and social relations. there is a relatively low sexual dimorphism between human males and females in comparison with other mammals. however humans are acutely sensitive to variations in physical appearance for reasons of evolution."



and nowhere in the animal kingdom does the "little guy" ever win out. females don't pick out the little squirty male lion just because he's "nice and has personality." they want a kick ass mane and an effective, yet freshly minty, roar. i wonder what happens to all the loser male lions, do they just go off and become solitary bitter old lions or do they just try to scam some loving when the alpha lion isn't looking? apparently there are only so many lessons you can take from observing the functionings of the animal kingdom. learning to scam when the alpha lion isn't looking just might be one of them.



also, why in the insect and fish world are the females generally dominant and bigger? yet in the mammal, bird, reptile world, the males are dominant and bigger? i must find out.



and since we're still up the street from attraction's block, wikipedia says that "much of human sexual attractiveness is governed by first appearances. this involves the senses, in the beginning especially: visual perception (how the other looks), audition (how the other sounds, mainly the voice), and olfaction (how the other smells, naturally or artificially; the wrong smell may be repulsive).



you know what is so underrated? women's voices. some girls just have the coolest damn voices in the world. i'm partial to raspy smokers' voices. none of this grating cute high pitched crap. piercing voices are such a turn off. possible auto fail? very possible. and you know who has a cool voice that totally doesn't seem to come from her body? tara reid. she looks like she should have the ditziest high voice of all time. but yet her voice comes out more like a hoarse-y growl. best female voice of the moment, scarlett johansson. heck, she's the best everything of the moment. top five? not quite, just very very high and very very special. excuse me while i go make some money so i can invest in plumage.